WWKIP Day 2009

WWKIP - Philly style June 14, 2009 @ 11:00 AM

• Rittenhouse Square
• south-east quadrant of the park
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• United States

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Hosted by: Third Street Ravelers
Location: Rittenhouse Square
Time: 11a - ?
Date: June 14, 2009

How to get there:
As with previous KIP events, we’ll be hanging out on the lawn in the south-east quadrant of the park. Look for the people with yarn and needles on blankets looking content in each others company under the canopy of green tranquility.

Please bring:
Bring a blanket or towel or chair to sit on. Bring your WIP! :D Feel free to bring snacks for yourself or for sharing, if you would like, and remember water! Last year was very warm, and hydration while knitting is important. Also, the nearest bathrooms are at Barnes & Noble. Otherwise, just bring yourself and plan to have fun.

The backup plan is:
We have no backup plan. We like to live dangerously.

This KIP is not knitting exclusive
There are no bathrooms nearby.

Duplicate?

Somehow, when I started knitting on my blanket this morning, I realized my current square looked an awful lot loke a square I had done some time ago. IN THE SAME ROW!

How'd I manage that? I'm not even all that fond of that yarn!

Needless to say, it's in my swap bag RIGHT now. I don't know how I managed to use it twice, if I was sleeping or if someone else cast it on for me but Woops!

Is the Sock Blanket like a zombie infection?

I've successfully (with the help of my good fellow blankie maker Krista aka monochromaticgirl on Rav), infected at least two of my knitting group members with the blankie bug!

I'm super excited and can't wait to get my hands on their yarn. I mean - now that we all have the disease we should share right?

I particularly am amused by conversations that are rather like this:

Me: I'm not sure what color to use next in my blankie, I think I want something lighter next
Krista: You can look through my balls.
Me: Want some of this ball? (picking up one from my pile) It's tofutsies.
Krista: Sure!
Me: Can I use some of that green ball?
Krista: It knits up like this (points at square in her blankie)

Knitting a red shawl at the phillies game. My sock yarn blanket is calling me from the bottom of my bag! Why do you torment me so!

New pictures!

I took some pictures of my progress yesterday!

I'm also in the middle of dyeing some 100% merino for a full skein swap!

Each person is dyeing their own, sending it in, and getting about 5 grams of each back! I'm so excited. Right now I've got a minty green base down, I'm hoping to get a little more blue into it!